SWOT ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS FOR AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES BETWEEN EGYPT AND COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA COUNTRIES (COMESA)

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Dept. Econ. and Rural Develop., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

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The research aims to measure the SWOT analysis of the environmental and economic aspects of agricultural commodities between Egypt and the countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, to identify the most important strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that appear in this bloc. The research problem is to study the environmental economic impact of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern African countries on commodities. The results showed that the total weights for the internal environment strategy amounted to about (3.13), while it amounted to about (2.85) for the external environment strategy. This means that the performance of those responsible for the file of foreign trade of Egyptian agricultural commodities with the COMESA bloc countries is average and that the agricultural economic policy makers have Sufficient awareness of strengths and weaknesses and the ability to absorb and respond to changes that may occur in the external environment, whether that change is an opportunity to be used well or a threat to be avoided, which gives a strong indication that there is a great opportunity to develop Egyptian foreign trade in agricultural commodities with the COMESA bloc countries. While working to develop the material and human resources, laws and regulations to regulate foreign trade in agricultural commodities between Egypt and the COMESA bloc countries.

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Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 13, Issue 3
May and June 2024
Pages 427-438

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